PACT INC
Shirley Ko is Director for Global Health at Pact, where she provides technical assistance and guidance to a global portfolio of HIV and AIDS, maternal and child health and other health programs. She is a public health specialist with more than 18 years of experience, including assignments in more than 15 countries throughout Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. She has expertise in results-based project design, implementation and monitoring; community and health systems strengthening; and technical capacity development. Prior to joining Pact, she led a $14 million USAID/PEPFAR-funded comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention initiative for mobile and high-risk populations in Mozambique, and served as Associate Director for all health and HIV programming at FHI 360 in Mozambique.
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PACT INC
In South Africa, Pact has led far-reaching, historic efforts to stem the spread of HIV and AIDS and provide critical services to those living with the disease. We have strengthened the capacity of more than 100 local organizations that have helped carry out a multi-pronged prevention-and-treatment campaign. With funding from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, Pact facilitated the efficient flow of funds to partners, dramatically increasing the scope, scale and quality of services they offer across South Africa, with many of our partners "graduating" to direct funding from the U.S. government. Currently, Pact is helping to build the capacity of South Africa's Department of Social Development to better support orphans and vulnerable children, including those affected by abuse, neglect or exploitation. Specifically, the project is strengthening the department's response to tuberculosis, HIV and other diseases among vulnerable children. With support from USAID, Pact is also working to promote and protect human rights among vulnerable populations across the Southern African Development Community region.